2024 INSC 940
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REPORTABLE
IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA
CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION
CIVIL APPEAL No. 13919 OF 2024
(Arising out of SLP (C) No.8026 of 2024)
BASUDEV DUTTA ... APPELLANT(S)
VERSUS
THE STATE OF WEST BENGAL & ORS. ... RESPONDENT(S)
J U D G M E N T
R.MAHADEVAN, J.
Leave granted.
2. Assailing the final judgment and order dated 16.08.2023 passed by the
High Court of Calcutta1 in W.P.S.T. No. 106 of 2013, the appellant has come up
with this appeal. Vide the said order, the High Court set aside the order dated
28.08.2012 passed by the West Bengal State Administrative Tribunal at Calcutta2
in O.A.No.331 of 20113, in which, the order of termination passed against the
appellant herein was set aside, however, the authority concerned was granted
liberty to proceed against the appellant in accordance with law, following the
1 Hereinafter shortly referred to as “the High Court” 2 Hereinafter shortly referred to as “the Tribunal” 3 Basudev Dutta v. The State of West Bengal and Others
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principles of natural justice.
3. According to the appellant, when he was aged about 16 years, he along
with his father by name Hariananda Dutta, came to India from East Pakistan (now
Bangladesh) and his father was issued with a Migration Certificate being
No.D/65/69 dated 19.05.1969 by the authority concerned. Subsequentl...